Re:“Healthy obesity” doesn’t exist. It is unequivocally bad ...
by Buttons840 on Sunday March 12, 2023 @08:08PM
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Actually, it appears BMI is more accurate for women than for men. I'm guessing because men have more variability in their muscle mass.
Overall, I think BMI looks like a pretty useful metric considering how easy it is to measure. That would explain why it sticks around despite being frequently criticized.
Overall, I think BMI looks like a pretty useful metric considering how easy it is to measure. That would explain why it sticks around despite being frequently criticized.
See charts 2.A and 2.B in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2877506/